Quranic root
لغب
l · gh · b
A root centered on weakness, fatigue, and weariness.
The core sense of weakness and fatigue extends to weakness of judgment, causes and experiences of tiring, and Classical technical uses for defective or disordered arrow-feathering.
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
لُغُوب
lughūb
- Part of speech
- Noun
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- 2 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Fatigue, weariness, or exhaustion.
A noun for the state of being tired or worn out; Quran translations may render it as “weariness,” “fatigue,” or “exhaustion.”
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 35:35word 14
“weariness”
Quran 50:38word 13
“fatigue”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
View all 2 occurrencesBroader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 17 Classical meanings
لَغَابَةٌ / لُغُوبَةٌ
Stupidity, weakness, or weak-mindedness.
Nominal expressions for weakness or stupidity, distinct from the noun لُغُوب meaning fatigue.
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لَغْبٌ
A weak or stupid person, especially one weak in judgment.
Applied to a person characterized by weakness of understanding or judgment.
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لَغَبَ عَلَيْهِمْ
To spoil or mar another’s affair, scheme, plan, or the like.
Constructed with عَلَيْهِمْ and an understood affair, plan, or similar object.
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لَغَبَ القَوْمَ
To speak ill or corruptly to people.
A verbal construction describing faulty or bad discourse addressed to others.
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لَغَبَ
Of a dog, to lap or drink by lapping.
A specialized use with a dog as the subject.
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لَغَّبَ دَابَّتَهُ
To load a beast beyond what it can bear.
Form II construction with a beast of carriage as the object.
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أَلْغَبَهُ
To fatigue, tire, or weary someone severely.
The subject may also be a journey or travel that causes someone severe fatigue.
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أَلْغَبَ السَّهْمَ
To make an arrow’s feathers into the arrangement called لُغَاب.
The arrangement is the defective or uneven feathering described under لَغْبٌ and لُغَابٌ.
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لَغْبٌ / لُغَابٌ
Bad, disordered, uneven, or incongruous arrow-feathers; also an arrow badly trimmed or made, including one that does not fly far.
A technical description of defective feather arrangement, contrasted with well-matched feathering.
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تَلَغَّبَ
To chase, hunt, or pursue for a long time.
The form describes prolonged pursuit.
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تَلَغَّبَهُ
To undertake the management of something and carry it through successfully.
The construction conveys that the person was not unequal to the task.
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تَلَغَّبَ الدَّابَّةَ
To find a beast of carriage fatigued or exhausted.
A Form V construction describing the discovery of the beast’s fatigued state.
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لَغْبٌ
Corrupt, faulty, or ill-directed speech or discourse; evil or foul expression.
A figurative or tropical nominal use for discourse that is bad, corrupt, or improperly directed.
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أَخَذَ بِلَغَبِ رَقَبَتِهِ
To overtake someone.
An idiomatic expression with the neck as part of the phrase.
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لَغْبٌ
The flesh between the four front teeth, or incisors.
An anatomical noun referring to the interstitial flesh between the front teeth.
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لَوَاغِبُ
Languid or slack, said of winds.
A figurative or tropical use applied to winds.
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مَلْغَبَةٌ
A cause of fatigue, tiring, or weariness.
A noun for something that imposes fatigue; its plural is مَلَاغِبُ.
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